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May 2, 2022 <br />Centerville Planning & Zoning Commission <br />Page 4of 5 <br />RE: AmazonFulfillment Center, Sign Variance <br />Condition for Approval <br />1)The location of the sign proposed on Fairview Street will be revised to meet the required 15- <br />foot setback from the street right-of-way. <br />Findings of Fact for Approval ofVariance <br />1)The proposed use –informational signs for the hundreds of vehicles serving the Amazon <br />distribution facility –is reasonable and is in harmony with the intent of the zoning code and <br />the comprehensive plan. <br />2)The Purpose and Intent section of the City’s signordinance includes the principlethat the <br />public will not be “annoyed, distracted, or displeased” by “unnecessary” signage, and as <br />such, the ordinance limits the number of ground signsper property in the industrial district. <br />3)The Amazon facility occupies a 40-acre site in the City’s industrial district where many of <br />the businesses are on much smaller sites. If this propertywere developed with more typical <br />lot sizes, each business with its own signage, there might have been many more signs on <br />st <br />21AvenueSouth and Fairview Street than the three signs proposed by Amazon. <br />4)The size of the Amazon site and the number of vehicles it serves make it a unique property <br />in the City. Meeting the ordinance requirement of only one sign on the site poses a serious <br />practical difficultyto safe and efficient operation of the facility. <br />5)Within the context of themany business sites in thesurrounding commercial and industrial <br />area,the three proposed signs willnot alter the essential character of that locality. <br />60-DAY RULE <br />The application wassubmitted on April 12, 2023. The deadline for final action by the City Council <br />on the variance request per State statue 15.99 is June 12, 2023. <br /> <br />